Movies Set in China

Kinora's catalogue lists 42 films set in China, spanning 1959–2019. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1986

  A Better Tomorrow

  Hong Kong — 1980s
  Urbandir. John Woo
• 1988

  Bloodsport

  Hong Kong — 1980s
  Urbandir. Newt Arnold
• 1990

  Bullet in the Head

  Hong Kong · Saigon — 1960s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. John Woo
• 1994

  Chungking Express

  Hong Kong — 1990s
  Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
• 2011

  Contagion

  Minneapolis · Hong Kong · Atlanta — 2010s
  Urbandir. Steven Soderbergh
• 2000

  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

  Beijing — 1700s
  Mountain · Desertdir. Ang Lee
• 1990

  Days of Being Wild

  Hong Kong · Philippines — 1960s
  Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
• 1987

  Empire of the Sun

  Shanghai · Suzhou — 1940s
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 1973

  Enter the Dragon

  Hong Kong — 1970s
  Island · Undergrounddir. Robert Clouse
• 1995

  Fallen Angels

  Hong Kong — 1990s
  Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
• 1993

  Farewell My Concubine

  Beijing — 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Chen Kaige
• 1972

  Fist of Fury

  Shanghai — 1900s
  Urbandir. Lo Wei
• 1994

  Fist of Legend

  Shanghai — 1910s
  Urbandir. Gordon Chan
• 1997

  Happy Together

  Buenos Aires · Hong Kong · Taipei — 1990s
  Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
• 1992

  Hard Boiled

  Hong Kong — 1990s
  Urbandir. John Woo
• 2002

  Hero

  China — Ancient
  Rural · Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
• 2000

  In the Mood for Love

  Hong Kong — 1960s
  Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
• 1984

  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  India · Shanghai — 1930s
  Wilderness · Underground · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
• 2002

  Infernal Affairs

  Hong Kong — 2000s
  Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai
• 2008

  Ip Man

  Foshan — 1930s · 1940s
  Urbandir. Wilson Yip
• 1993

  Iron Monkey

  China
  Urbandir. Yuen Woo-ping
• 2004

  Kung Fu Hustle

  Shanghai — 1940s
  Urbandir. Stephen Chow
• 2008

  Kung Fu Panda

  China — Timeless
  Mountain · Ruraldir. Mark Osborne
• 2007

  Lust, Caution

  Shanghai · Hong Kong — 1940s
  Urbandir. Ang Lee
• 2002

  Millennium Actress

  Japan · Manchuria — 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1998

  Mulan

  China
  Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Tony Bancroft
• 1985

  Police Story

  Hong Kong — 1980s
  Urbandir. Jackie Chan
• 1991

  Raise the Red Lantern

  China — 1920s
  Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
• 1988

  Red Sorghum

  Shandong — 1930s
  Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou
• 1998

  Rush Hour

  Los Angeles · Hong Kong — 1990s
  Urbandir. Brett Ratner
• 2016

  Silence

  Japan · Macau — Early Modern
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
• 2006

  Still Life

  Fengjie — 2000s
  Urbandir. Jia Zhangke
• 1978

  The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

  China
  Ruraldir. Lau Kar-leung
• 2008

  The Dark Knight

  Hong Kong — 2000s
  Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
• 2019

  The Farewell

  Changchun · New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Lulu Wang
• 1959

  The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

  Manchuria — 1940s
  Ruraldir. Masaki Kobayashi
• 1989

  The Killer

  Hong Kong — 1980s
  Urbandir. John Woo
• 1987

  The Last Emperor

  Beijing · Manchuria — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci
• 1994

  The Legend of Drunken Master

  Guangzhou — 1910s
  Urbandir. Lau Kar-leung
• 1998

  The Red Violin

  Cremona · Vienna · Oxford · Shanghai · Montreal — Early Modern · 1700s · 1800s · 1960s · 1990s
  Urbandir. François Girard
• 2019

  The Wandering Earth

  Shanghai · Sulawesi · Space — Near Future
  Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Frant Gwo
• 1994

  To Live

  China — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
  Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou